Storm-coat.



PATENTED APR. 26, 1904,

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vSTORM com. APPLICATION FILED 118.17, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 19074.v

THOMAS ALFRED JONES, OF RIDGWAY, VILLINOIS sToFuvl-GOAT.` l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 581,182, dated April26, 1904.

apprenait ne@ reentry 17, 1904. Y serai Nu. 194.082. armada.)

To @ZZ wh/m, it may concern: l

Be it known that I, THOMAS ALFRED JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ridg- Way, in the county of Gallatin and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Storm- Coat, of which the follo wing is aspecification.

' This'invention relates to overcoats or storm-` coats more particularlyof waterproof character, and has for its object to provide asimply-constructed garment of the class referred to which willeffectually protect the undergarments from rain or snow, no matter howviolently the arms or person of the wearer lmay be required to moveabout.

With these and other objects in view,which Will appear as the-nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

1n the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying `the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of theparts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right istherefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications whichfairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims madetherefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a view of one of the improvedgarments particularly disconnected. Fig. 2 isv a similar view with theparts Wholly connected andfastened.

The body of the garment is formed in the usual manner with sleeves 11 12and neck-l Vopenings 13 and may be provided with the usual foldingcollar 14, if required. The material may be of any of the usual fabricsemployed in suc-h garments, but will preferably be of Waterproofcharacter.

The improvements to the garment consist first in extending one of thefronts laterally, as at 16, with its free edge 17 near the center of theopposite side, or substantially in vertical alinement with the oppositesleeve, and

provided with suitable fastening means, such las buttons 18 andbuttonholes 19.

furthermore, in providing a cover-flap 23, at- 4 tached along the centerof the shoulder-line between the neck-opening and the juncture of thesleeve and garment-body and forming a covering means to fold over theupper portion of the Hap 2O and adjacent upper portion of the extensionportion 16. The flap 23 Will be provided with suitablel fastening means,such as buttonholes 24, for engagement with buttons 25 on the extensionportion 16 and if required, a button may also be attached to thepocket-ap 2O for engagement with a corresponding buttonhole in the flap23. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that va simply-'constructed and easily-applied garment is produced which Willefectually exclude rain 'or snow and thoroughly protect theundergarments, while at the same Atime,

leaving the sleevesfree to be moved about to any required extent by theaction of the arms The garment thus constructed may be of Y any requiredmaterial and any required Style of out and may be'worn by childrenor 'ladults with equal facility.

If required, the under Hap of the front at one side may be cut away, asindicated by dotted line 26 in Fig. l, to reduce the thickness at thefront of the skirt of the garment.

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IO top of thel shoulder and forming a cover for the contiguous portionsof said extended front and of ysaid receptacle-forming flap.

nk testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS ALFRED JoNEs.

Witnesses:

yL. C. TRoUsDALE,

GEO. L. LAUD.

